The Fabulous Red Diesel: Blog

Whats that clucking sound ? Chickens coming merrily to roost. . No suprise really when you consider that we are a nation of 'consumers' We are taught to consume- from the moment we open our eyes and see the tv in the corner its there- you need this, you need that, a bigger flatter one of those, a different style of shoe and so on. So then we have a nation of people brainwashed into believing this crap, but who have no means of acquiring it in the amount they think they need to keep up with the people they think already have it.

I noticed that there were no shoeless rioters- so why was it necessary to steal more? How many shoes do you need really? And the Tv thing- is jerry Springer really so much better when its plastered 2 foot across the wall on a plasma screen? or Corrie? or any of this shit?

if you really want a revolution, and you really want to fuck the government up, stop buying stuff. Turn off the TV and the commercial radio and stop buying stuff. use money as only a last resort. Swap with your neighbours and friends, buy from people directly, pay no tax and don't give all the upper echelons what they need- a slice of your money, which is actually your time but in paper form.

I know rents have to be paid and mortgages etc etc , but over time if you set it as a goal, you may be suprised at how much you can do for nothing . We are just swapping time and skills, but with money involved the invisible hand comes out and snatches its slice .

I know that most people will immediately tell me loads of reasons why this is too hard and it won't work. But i never said it would be easy, nor did i say i had managed to do it myself YET , but that doesn't mean i am not trying to find more and more ways of acheiving this simple yet seemingly imposible ideal. It is one of my life's ambitions. And if more people thought that way then ways would be found rather than just reasons why we have to stay as we are .